Projected Lineups for Maple Leafs vs Penguins – 3/2/25

The Toronto Maple Leafs take on the Pittsburgh Penguins this afternoon. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

MAPLE LEAFS (37-20-2) at PENGUINS (24-29-9)

1 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, TSN4, TVAS

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Matthew Knies — Auston Matthews — Mitch Marner
Pontus Holmberg — John Tavares — William Nylander
Bobby McCann — Calle Jarnkrok — Nicholas Robertson
Max Pacioretty — David Kampf — Ryan Reaves

Morgan Rielly — Philippe Myers
Simon Benoit — Jake McCabe
Marshall Rifai — Conor Timmins

Joseph Woll
Anthony Stolarz

Scratched: Alex Steeves

Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Connor Dewar (upper body), Chris Tanev (upper body), Steven Lorentz (undisclosed), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (undisclosed), Max Domi (undisclosed)

Status report:

Jarnkrok, who had groin and sports hernia surgery in November, could make his season debut but is awaiting clearance from the doctors, Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube said. … Domi and Lorentz, each a forward, and Ekman-Larsson, a defenseman, will be game-time decisions after missing practice Saturday. … Pacioretty could play after being sidelined four games with an undisclosed injury.

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Penguins projected lineup

Rickard Rakell — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Anthony Beauvillier — Evgeni Malkin — Cody Glass
Danton Heinen — Kevin Hayes — Philip Tomasino
Emil Bemstrom — Blake Lizotte — Noel Acciari

Ryan Shea — Kris Letang
Matt Grzelcyk — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves — Vincent Desharnais

Joel Blomqvist
Alex Nedeljkovic

Scratched: Bokondji Imama, Vladislav Kolyachonok

Injured: Michael Bunting (appendix surgery), P.O Joseph (upper body)

Status report:

Joseph, a defenseman, sustained an upper-body injury in the first period of Pittsburgh’s 3-2 loss to the Boston Bruins on Saturday. No update was provided. … Blomqvist will likely start after Nedeljkovic made 23 saves Saturday.

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